World History AP Chapter 1 Flashcards

123185767	evolution	a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) (term)	0
123185768	paleolithic age	"old stone age," hunted wild animals and gathered edible products, Homo sapiens (term)	1
123185769	neolithic age	"new stone age," refinements in tool-making, early stages of agricultural development (term)	2
123185770	venus figures	small sculptures of women with exaggerated features; deep interest in fertlity (term)	3
123185771	infanticide	practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an infant; occurs sometimes in peripheral and poor regions as a form of population control or as a sex-selective practice (term)	4
123185772	agricultural revolution	a process over many centuries as human beings gradually learned how to cultivate crops and domisticate animals (term)	5
123185773	slash and burn	slash the bark of trees and then burn the dead trees to the ground for fertile ground (term)	6
123185774	jomon society	society in central Japan; one of the earliest	7
123185775	natufian society	eastern Mediterrean society (Israel and Lebandon); one of the earliest	8
123185776	chinook society	pacific northwest region of North America; one of the earliest	9
123185777	Australopithicus	a hominid; first to walk upright; opposible thumbs, limited vocal communication, simple tools	10
123185778	Homo Erectus	"upright-walking human" 2.5mill-200k years ago, slightly sophisticated tools	11
123185779	Homo sapiens	"consciously thinking human," 200k to present; almost the same size brain	12
123185780	Neanderrtal	Europe/SE Asia; buried bodies	13
123185781	Cro-Magnon	more intelligent, homo sapiens sapiens, replaces Neanderthal; cave paintings	14
123185782	Southwest Asia	many humans in this area, including Neanderthal	15
123185783	Jericho	pop of several thousand people; specialized labor; complex social relations	16